180°-Hinge

Abstract

A 180°-hinge for plate-shaped furniture parts ( 12 ), includes two mirror-symmetric extruded profiles ( 14 ) each of which forms an L- or U-shaped seat for an edge of one of the furniture parts ( 12 ) and, on the side opposite to the seat ( 16 ), a projecting profile portion ( 20 ) which is interrupted by cutouts ( 22 ) and in which a passage for a continuous hinge axle ( 24 ) is formed, and connection profiles ( 26 ) which engage in the cutouts ( 22 ) and each of which forms two parallel passages ( 24′ ) for the hinge axles ( 24 ) and is pivotable relative to each of the extruded profiles ( 14 ) by an angle of at least 90° about the corresponding hinge axle.

What is claimed is: 
     
         1 . A  180 °-hinge for plate-shaped furniture parts comprising:
 two mirror-symmetric extruded profiles, each of which forms one of an L- and U-shaped seat for an edge of one of two furniture parts, 
 on a side opposite to the seats, a projecting profile portion which is interrupted by cutouts and including a passage, 
 continuous hinge axles, and 
 connection profiles which engage in the cutouts and each of which forms two parallel passages for the hinge axles and is pivotable relative to each of the extruded profiles by an angle of at least 90° about the corresponding hinge axle. 
 
     
     
         2 . The hinge according to  claim 1 , wherein the seats are U-shaped, and two parallel legs of each seat have different lengths. 
     
     
         3 . The hinge according to  claim 2 , wherein the projecting profile portions and shorter legs of the U-shaped seats are flush with one another at an outer surface of the extruded profile. 
     
     
         4 . The hinge according to  claim 1 , wherein the connection profiles form ribs which, together with stops formed at the extruded profiles, limit a pivotal range of the hinge to 180°.